Wednesday Oct 4th 6pm at Waterways Ireland

A prolific artist and Art and Design teacher from St Marys, Brollagh, Belleek, Patricia Kelly graduated with a B.A.Hons. degree in Textile and Embroidery from the University of Ulster. In this exhibition of embroidered textile landscapes, she reproduces atmospheric scenes in Fermanagh, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal near her border home. They portray dramatic rain-filled skies, heather-clad horizons and scarlet sunsets. The collaged fabrics make use of precious, recycled family clothes heavily overstitched with cotton thread. This enhances both the texture and the colour of these beautifully executed works.

EDUCATION AND AWARDS

08,09,11,13 Fermanagh District Council Residency Award

08,09,11,13 Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan

11 Selected- Artwork for the New Acute Hospital, Enniskillen

09 ACNI SIAP support for individual artist Award

88 Diploma in Art Education, University of Ulster

86 BA Honours Textile/ Embroidery, University of Ulster

Words From Our Sponsors

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CavanaghKelly are delighted to sponsor Fermanagh Live Arts Festival. The Festival of Live Entertainment and Visuals Arts is a great opportunity for the local community to get a taste of our home-grown artists through this programme of innovative, vibrant and contemporary events.”

Fuels & Lubricants are happy to be associated with the Fermanagh Live Arts Festival in sponsoring Melisma in this year’s festival. It is a positive way of encouraging the promotion of local talent and enabling local audiences to see arts that they might not get the opportunity to see otherwise.